Measures of Dispersion

This lecture series discusses measures of dispersion (interquartile range, variance, and standard deviation). Watch these videos and complete the interactive exercises.

Practice

Visually assess standard deviation - Questions

1. Each dot plot below represents a different set of data.

Order the data sets from largest standard deviation (top) to smallest standard deviation (bottom).


2. Each dot plot below represents a different set of data.

Order the data sets from largest standard deviation (top) to smallest standard deviation (bottom).


3. Each dot plot below represents a different set of data.

Order the data sets from largest standard deviation (top) to smallest standard deviation (bottom).


4. Each dot plot below represents a different set of data.

Order the data sets from largest standard deviation (top) to smallest standard deviation (bottom).